WorpeX Arena 2 v.95c

[Moderator]

10:48, 28th Jun 2011
-Kobas-:
Status: Rejected
Comment

 

[Narrat0r]

The description seems exciting, however, there's only 2 heroes displayed. Some screenies wouldn't hurt. Going to test it.

 

[Captin_Worpex]

Oh, I shoulda mentioned that. I didn't want to write them all out cause that would have taken up a lot of space. There are 9 'House' Gladiators in total (Including the two in the description). They are really just there to take the place of empty spots in the game so you can play with as many or as little real people as possible and still have a 8 person tournament!

Edit: Added Screenies!

 

[Narrat0r]

OK, i tested it. *sigh* There's a lot to tell. And you ain't gonna be pleased.

Review

Terrain: I didn't play the original dating way back from 2006, but I don't think that the terrain differs in this one too much from it. Blizzard cliffs, randomly placed NPC's, cheap tilework, e.t.c. I know it's supposed to have a gladiator-style feeling, but without a single custom doodad, it just can't. Dated and unoriginal, terrain gets 1/5.

Gameplay: As I said, I haven't played the first one. And as I also said, I don't think this one differs much from it. The hero selection is nice - except that they (almost) all use default Warcraft 3 models. Then, the spell selection - this is where the map stopped in place. All spells, and I mean every single one of them, is also a preset WC3 spell, just enabled to be bought. Also, the fact that you can buy a little puny mage spells such as War Stomp and Thunder Clap is just... silly. There should be separate sections for STR, AGI, and INT heroes. OK, then goes the betting. This is a nice aspect - it's like a competition within a competition; while gladiators fight, humans race to who will be the gambler that gambled the most money. While not very varied, this is a nice addition to the map. And then... the fights. The dull, uninspired, 30-second fights.
1. Heroes have insanely low, or insanely high HP. Tome buying should be removed and heroes should all start with much more health and mana.
2. The option that you can buy only 2 spells, and if you didn't buy INT tomes, use only one in the battle, is absurd. As I said, add more HP and MP to the heroes and enable buying more spells.
3. I killed Jeff the janitor.
With gambling and the slight "hero creation", gameplay gets a pitiful 2/5.

Packaging: Ermm... OK, you added screens, good. But the description could have more content on gameplay and hero information. The loading screen from WC3? Derp derp. Packaging gets 2.5/5.

Overall rating: 2/5, no +rep. I am really, REALLY dissapionted. This could've been soooo much better, if it wasn't an equivalent of a 2006 map. As a sequel, you shoul've tried waaaay harder to improve it.

 

[Captin_Worpex]

Thanks for the review, but as you said, its the equivalent of a 2006 map... and there is a reason for that. I made this version back in early 2008, i just never uploaded it until now. I stopped playing WC3 almost a year ago now.

Sorry that your looking for Custom work, you wont really find that here or in any of my maps really. I only made them for fun, not to try and make something completely new and original.

 

[Narrat0r]

It's all OK, I'm just implying that you should have done a little more work on it before uploading it... in 2011.

 

[Super-Sheep]

I just quickly tested it in Single Player because it wasnt protected and I would like to point out that you should use either "|n" or "Ctrl + Enter" when you want to start a new row in a tooltip.

In your way, spamming spaces, it ofcourse works to all with the same aspect ratio but in my widescreen all rows get messed up.

So I did not test it in Multiplayer, but I think that tomes and the freedom to choose your abilities leave hardly any balance to the game...

 

[Captin_Worpex]

Ya, I understand. ^^ I would have loved to have done more work on it but I don't think I ever will since everyone I played with in the past has moved on to other games. I also can't keep up with the map making community now, they are all just so much better than I am and expect a lot more from me than I can do.

Edit: @Super-Sheep: Ah! That's how you do that! I've always wondered. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Captin_Worpex]

Updated with fixed tooltips!

 

[light bolt30]

Captin Worpex please don't double post. You can always post all the heroes on the Hive without taking up a lot of space with the clever use of hidden tags.

 

[SwaTish]

Captin Worpex please don't double post. You can always post all the heroes on the Hive without taking up a lot of space with the clever use of hidden tags.

ZzzZzzz Should we really care ?

 

[kidsoulex]

ZzzZzzz Should we really care ?

Yes stop posting useless stuff.
Gonna test it and tell what i think later.

 

[SwaTish]

ZzzZzzz Should we really care ?

Captin Worpex please don't double post. You can always post all the heroes on the Hive without taking up a lot of space with the clever use of hidden tags.

ZzzZzzz Should we really care ?

Yes stop posting useless stuff.
Gonna test it and tell what i think later.

For me the useless post is below sorry.

 

[Narrat0r]

For me the useless post is below sorry.

How old are you, 10? -_-
Get back on topic, useless posts will be deleted by a moderator anyways.

 

[SwaTish]

How old are you, 10? -_-
Get back on topic, useless posts will be deleted by a moderator anyways.

No I think at the contrary that the posts who say "don't double post, don't make this etc..." are just childish and don't help to make advance the topic.

 

[Ironside]

OK, i tested it. *sigh* There's a lot to tell. And you ain't gonna be pleased.

Review

Terrain: I didn't play the original dating way back from 2006, but I don't think that the terrain differs in this one too much from it. Blizzard cliffs, randomly placed NPC's, cheap tilework, e.t.c. I know it's supposed to have a gladiator-style feeling, but without a single custom doodad, it just can't. Dated and unoriginal, terrain gets 1/5.

Gameplay: As I said, I haven't played the first one. And as I also said, I don't think this one differs much from it. The hero selection is nice - except that they (almost) all use default Warcraft 3 models. Then, the spell selection - this is where the map stopped in place. All spells, and I mean every single one of them, is also a preset WC3 spell, just enabled to be bought. Also, the fact that you can buy a little puny mage spells such as War Stomp and Thunder Clap is just... silly. There should be separate sections for STR, AGI, and INT heroes. OK, then goes the betting. This is a nice aspect - it's like a competition within a competition; while gladiators fight, humans race to who will be the gambler that gambled the most money. While not very varied, this is a nice addition to the map. And then... the fights. The dull, uninspired, 30-second fights.
1. Heroes have insanely low, or insanely high HP. Tome buying should be removed and heroes should all start with much more health and mana.
2. The option that you can buy only 2 spells, and if you didn't buy INT tomes, use only one in the battle, is absurd. As I said, add more HP and MP to the heroes and enable buying more spells.
3. I killed Jeff the janitor.
With gambling and the slight "hero creation", gameplay gets a pitiful 2/5.

Packaging: Ermm... OK, you added screens, good. But the description could have more content on gameplay and hero information. The loading screen from WC3? Derp derp. Packaging gets 2.5/5.

Overall rating: 2/5, no +rep. I am really, REALLY dissapionted. This could've been soooo much better, if it wasn't an equivalent of a 2006 map. As a sequel, you shoul've tried waaaay harder to improve it.

Review Marked.


Rating: 2/5
Vote for: Rejected

 

[Captin_Worpex]

looool. Rejected because there isn't any custom doodads in the map and because one guy didn't like it? There is no reason for this to be rejected. The map works as intended, if you don't like it don't download it. I enjoy it, I enjoyed making and i'm proud of it.

 

[Narrat0r]

Aren't you a bit... late?
Also, it's not only because there aren't any custom doodads, the map was severely lacking overall. You can see all the stated reasons in the review. And it's not because one guy didn't like it, the moderators judge the quality of the map and decide if it's good enough for approval, which in this case it wasn't. Yes, the map works, but it doesn't measure up to the standards of quality maps that are good enough for an approval.
We're not telling you to stop mapping, we support everyone, and we'll support people even more if they offer quality resources.